Reality TV Airdate Schedule News - December 2007

December 26, 2007Discovery Channel has announced Mythbusters' sixth season, which will continue to follow special effects experts Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage as they debunk urban legends and tall tales, will launch on Wednesday, January 16 at 9PM ET/PT.

December 26, 2007Discovery Channel has announced Dirty Jobs' fourth season, which will continue to follow host Mike Rowe as he explores some of the nastiest professions on the planet, will premiere on Tuesday, January 8 at 9PM ET/PT.

December 26, 2007Travel Channel announced the fourth season of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations, which follows the chef and author as he explores the culture and cuisine of various places throughout the world, will premiere on Monday, January 7 at 10PM ET/PT.

December 26, 2007Discovery Channel has announced Fight Quest, Some Assembly Required, Bone Detectives, and Smash Lab -- four new recently unveiled reality series -- will all debut during a special holiday "Sneak Peak Week" before premiering in their regular time periods in January,

December 24, 2007Fox has announced the entire early season broadcast schedule for American Idol's seventh season, from the outrageous auditions to when home viewers will cut the competition's semifinalists down to its 12 finalists.

December 19, 2007VH1 has announced My Fair Brady... Maybe Baby? -- the third season of its My Fair Brady reality series that hasn't aired a new episode in over a year -- will premiere on Sunday, January 20 at 10:30PM ET/PT.

December 19, 2007VH1 has announced Rock of Love with Bret Michaels' second season, which will once again follow the former Poison frontman as he looks for love, will premiere on Sunday, January 13 at 9PM ET/PT.

December 19, 2007VH1 announced Scott Baio is 46... and Pregnant -- the age accurate but biologically impossible title for Scott Baio is 45... and Single's second season -- will premiere on Sunday, January 13 at 10PM ET/PT.

December 18, 2007ABC has announced Oprah's Big Give, a new reality competition series that will follow 10 people who are given money and additional resources before being challenged to find "dramatic and emotional" ways to spend it on others, will premiere on Sunday, March 2 at 9PM ET/PT.

December 18, 2007ABC has announced Supernanny's fourth season, which will continue to follow British nanny Jo Frost as she attempts to help American parents reign in their unruly children, will premiere with back-to-back one-hour episodes on Wednesday, January 2 beginning at 9PM ET/PT.

December 17, 2007ABC has announced Wife Swap's fourth season, which will continue chronicle two families living different lifestyles trading wives/mothers for two weeks, will premiere on Wednesday, January 2 at 8PM ET/PT.

December 13, 2007A&E Network has announced Parking Wars, a new Airline-like reality series that will follow Philadelphia Parking Authority employees as they hand-out tickets and deal with the aftermath, will premiere with back-to-back half-hour episodes on Tuesday, January 8 at 10PM ET/PT.

December 13, 2007MTV has announced Life of Ryan's second season, which will continue to follow 17-year-old professional skateboarder and teen heartthrob Ryan Sheckler, will premiere on Tuesday, January 8 at 10PM ET/PT.

December 13, 2007MTV has announced the third season of Rob & Big, a reality series that follows the unlikely friendship of professional skateboarder Rob Dyrdek and his personal bodyguard Christopher "Big Black" Boykin, will premiere on Tuesday, January 8 at 10:30PM ET/PT.

December 12, 2007Fox has announced that American Idol will once again host an Idol Gives Back fund-raising event benefiting various U.S. and international charities, with the live two-hour concert and fundraiser scheduled to air Wednesday, April 9 at 8PM ET (PT tape-delayed).

December 12, 2007CMT had announced Gone Country, a new reality competition series that will follow seven established musicians as they move to Nashville for two weeks and immerse themselves in a all things Southern for the chance to record and release a country song, will premiere with a special one-hour episode on Friday, January 25 at 8PM ET/PT.

December 12, 2007Bravo has revealed the identities of the 24 semifinalists who will compete for a spot on Make Me a Supermodel, a new co-ed America's Next Top Model-like reality series scheduled to premiere Thursday, January 10 at 10PM ET/PT.

December 11, 2007Bravo announced The Millionaire Matchmaker, a new reality series that will follow matchmaker Patti Stanger as she helps connect wealthy men with the women of their dreams, will premiere on Tuesday, January 22 at 11PM ET/PT before moving to its regular Tuesdays at 10PM ET/PT time period on January 29.

December 6, 2007TLC has announced Miss America: Reality Check, a four-part reality special that will follow 52 beauty queens as they prepare to compete in the 2008 Miss America Pageant, will premiere on Friday, January 4 at 10PM ET/PT.

December 6, 2007MyNetworkTV and Fox Reality Channel have announced that the cable networks' new Paradise Hotel revival will premiere on Monday, February 4 at 9PM ET/PT on MyNetworkTV before a "steamier" TV-MA version of the same episode airs at 1AM ET the same night on Fox Reality Channel.

December 4, 2007With the Writers Guild of America strike now in its second month and no resolution appearing imminent, CBS has announced that Big Brother'sninth season will premiere on Tuesday, February 12 at 9PM ET/PT.

December 4, 2007Although it still isn't confirming that Survivor's next edition will be another all-stars installment featuring previous castaways, CBS has announced that Survivor's next season -- which the network is currently terming Survivor 16 -- will premiere on Thursday, February 7 at 8PM ET/PT.

December 3, 2007NBC has announced its primetime revival of American Gladiators will premiere with a special two-hour broadcast on Sunday, January 6 at 9PM ET/PT. NBC will then air one-hour episodes of American Gladiators in its regular time period of Mondays at 8PM ET/PT beginning January 7.